tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170264882016-12-08T08:29:02.163-05:00Irish, Catholic, and Dangerous<br>
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"See what love the Father has given us,<br> that we should be called children of God; and so we are."
<br>-1 John 3:1Daniel Garland Jrnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1325125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-28536385094358356662015-01-14T13:35:00.001-05:002015-01-14T13:43:31.985-05:00As Catholics, Let Us Reject The "Deuterocanonicals"!@font-face {
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General Sacraments:
-"Swear to God: The Promise and Power of the Sacraments" by Scott Hahn (This
covers all the Sacraments and brings in their relation with covenant
oaths. It is strong on Scripture, Patristics, and the Magisterium. It isDaniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-38630289240863589782013-11-29T20:38:00.001-05:002013-11-29T20:38:35.389-05:00Pray For Lily!My daughter, Lily, was born on Saturday by an emergency c-section with
no heartbeat and very little blood. They revived her, but she is now in
NICU and has suffered damage to her brain through lack of oxygen. I
would ask you to please pray for my daughter and encourage others to do
so as well. We desperately need a miracle! I have created a blog to keep
everyone updated on her progress. It Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-82904312558486249682013-11-11T13:42:00.001-05:002013-11-11T13:42:27.006-05:00New Blog
Check out my new blog, The Bearded Catholic, a blog about all things bearded, Catholic, and the intersection there between.
You can also "like" the Bearded Catholic on Facebook by going here. Spread the word!Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-13873401872607889822013-10-09T16:32:00.001-05:002013-10-09T16:33:27.708-05:00God So Loved The World
Crucifixion is the most horrific and torturous type of death, perfected
by the Romans, to inflict the maximal amount of pain upon the one
crucified. This execution consisted of a person being affixed to the
cross by having a single nail driven between both of his feet, and one
nail in each of his palms or wrists. The person is thus hung in a manner
in which the downward force makes it Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-33634990066153837752013-10-04T21:47:00.001-05:002013-10-04T21:47:11.594-05:00The Theological Aesthetics Of Sherlock Holmes
"There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion. It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its colour are an Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-19273495272221555962013-09-20T10:04:00.001-05:002013-09-23T07:30:48.422-05:00How NOT To Read Pope Francis
A good rule of thumb is to not read what Pope Francis says through the lens of the headlines of the mainstream media. If you read a headline that says "Pope Francis thinks Catholics are obsessed with homosexuality, contraception, and abortion" and then uncritically accept that the headline is accurate and free of all bias, you are setting yourself up for failure!
And if you are reading a Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-52475999912763892632013-08-28T20:35:00.000-05:002013-08-28T20:35:09.116-05:00Blackfriar Films Presents "Come My Way"Blackfriar Films, the media division of the Eastern Province of the Order of Preachers, have now gotten into the music video business. Check out their new video for the hymn, "Come My Way".
They may not have beards, but they are Dominicans, and well, that's close enough!
Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-25856637941779323352013-08-26T13:01:00.000-05:002013-08-26T13:01:23.322-05:00Jimmy Akin......has an awesome Catholic beard!
That is all. Have a nice day!Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-74178917835349935772013-08-15T19:10:00.000-05:002013-08-16T12:26:21.147-05:00Forget The Papal Tiara...
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Outline and Structural Analysis
vv. 18-21: Sinai
vv. 22-24: Zion, Heavenly Jerusalem
vv. 25-26: Warning with passage from Haggai 2:6.
v. 27: Explanation
of Haggai 2:6
vv. 28-29: Exhortation
There is an
inclusio with pyri and pyr in vv. 18 and 29, respectively
(Attridge 373, Vanhoye 209). In the Greek, the section consists of five
sentences (vv. 18-21; vv. 22-24; vv. 25-26; v. 27;Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-8173908209473642502013-06-09T15:49:00.000-05:002013-06-09T15:49:17.155-05:007 More Reasons Why Catholic Men Should Have BeardsWhat? You thought there were only 10 reasons why Catholic men should have beards? Au contraire!
Since Friday was the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Saturday was the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and today is the Feast of the Sacred Beard of Christ (well, it should be!), I present to you seven more reasons why Catholic men should have beards:
7. The 12 Apostles
All of the Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-28957810403036595692013-05-22T22:42:00.000-05:002013-05-22T22:44:50.238-05:0010 Papal Beard Facts
I plan to do a post on 10 Awesome Papal Beards (and yes, I know that "Awesome Beards" is a tautology), but first let us note some Papal Beard Facts.
PAPAL BEARD FACT #1:
There have been a total of 266 Vicars of Christ. Out of these, 188 have had beards. That means 70% of the popes have had beards!
PAPAL BEARD FACT #2:
Out of the 188 bearded popes, 82 are saints and 2 are blesseds. 43% of Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-2116070038817531122013-05-17T19:23:00.001-05:002013-08-26T13:02:52.108-05:0010 Reasons Why Catholic Men Should Have Beards10. William Shakespeare
"The Bard" was a corruption of his real nickname: "The Beard"
He was Catholic and the greatest playwright to have ever lived. Also, he knew the value of a beard:
"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man" -Much Ado About Nothing Act 2, Scene 1.
9. Aristotle
His beard is praeparatio for Christian beards.
Had he lived Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-62140808015232896662013-03-16T13:06:00.000-05:002013-03-16T13:06:58.956-05:00Pope Francis On Wonder As The Beginning Of Philosophy
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From all appearances and reports, he is a very humble and holy man, truly embodying the spirit of the saint of Assisi, after whom he is named. And I'm not talking about the tree-hugging, hippy, vulgarization of St. Francis, but the Christ-like saint who not only cared for the least among us, but also had the courage to preach the Gospel to the Sultan...and livedDaniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-40270973801158742012013-03-01T15:41:00.000-05:002013-03-01T15:49:48.459-05:00What Does A Pope Do When He Retires?
Catch up on reading, of course!
It is reported that His Holiness, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has brought with him and is currently (re-)reading Hans Urs von Balthasar's The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics (which consists of 7 volumes). I have written on the first volume, Seeing The Form, as it relates to the interpretation of Scripture. Give it a read and then I would recommend Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-24688457659553010532013-02-11T09:35:00.001-05:002013-02-11T09:35:09.352-05:00Pope Benedict XVI Resigns
It is a sad day for Holy Mother Church. I have a great fondness for Pope Benedict XVI, as it was through reading his works as Cardinal Ratzinger that I started to not only move towards the Catholic Church, but also to fall in love with theology. Even as an Anglican, his election to the papacy was a moment of great joy for me. Yet, Pope
Benedict has said from the beginning of his pontificate Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-64331856641777701772013-01-28T15:41:00.003-05:002013-01-28T15:41:48.419-05:00Charity As A Political Virtue
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In 2003, Vicky Gene Robinson was elected as the first openly homosexual bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA), a branch of the world-wide Anglican Communion, which has the Church of England as its primatial see. Orthodox Episcopalians who upheld the two thousand year old traditions of Christ were faced with a dilemma. How does one remain part of the Anglican Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-88140171576090569292013-01-05T20:04:00.001-05:002013-01-05T20:15:57.218-05:00Modernity: How Did We Get Here? As a Catholic looking at Modernity, provided that one is aware of the
goings-on around him, the world can seem like a pretty messed up place.
And it is. Original Sin has radically effected the state of the world
and there continues a constant battle against personal sin throughout
the history of man. One of the effects of sin is the darkening of the
intellect. That's right....sin makes you Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-73323151007458859422013-01-05T19:58:00.000-05:002013-01-05T19:59:51.074-05:00Bride Of Yahweh: An Exegesis of Isaiah 54
A. Outline and Structural
Analysis
54:1-10—The
Fecundity of the Barren Wife.
1-3: Call for Jerusalem to rejoice
and promise of renewed fertility.
4-8: Reunion of Yahweh with His
bride.
9-10: Comparison to the covenant
with Noah.
54:
11-17—The Security of the Afflicted City.
11-14: The rebuilding of Jerusalem.
15-17: Yahweh’s protection of the
Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17026488.post-71716363138286849872013-01-05T19:50:00.004-05:002013-01-05T19:51:11.341-05:00Von Balthasar's Aesthetical Approach To Scripture
In the first book of the first part of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Trilogy, The Glory of the Lord: Seeing the Form,
von Balthasar lays out his plan for a theological aesthetics. He
envisions his project as a reversal of the ordering of the
transcendentals in the works of Immanuel Kant. Kant began with his
critique of pure reason (truth), then moved to a critique of practical
reason (good), Daniel Garland Jrhttps://plus.google.com/113128241114025865773noreply@blogger.com0